Estimates of HIV-1 prevalence from national population-based surveys as a new gold standard

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Volumn 362, Issue 9399, 2003, Pages 1929-1931

  Boerma, J Ties ^a   Ghys, Peter D ^b   Walker, Neff ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0345118069     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14967-7     Document Type: Note

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